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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

LCO vs LOC | How To Moisturize Your Hair

Thirsty dry hair is a big no no if you want longer healthier hair. But, it's hard to figure out how best to moisturize your tresses and what products to use. I don't know about you but it took me forever to understand what L.C.O and L.O.C were. Simply put, they are acronyms for the order in which you apply your leave-in products to achieve more, longer moisturized hair by using a combination of water, a creamy moisturizing leave-in, and oil.

L.C.O = Liquid + Cream + Oil L.O.C = Liquid + Oil + Cream

L.C.O. has always made more sense to me, but real talk, I haven't a clue which one really works best for my hair. Enter my idea to try a semi-scientific experiment. I filled 3 glass jars with equal amounts of water then grabbed my Herbal Essences Touchably Smooth Split End Protector (Creamy moisturizer) and some Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (sealing oil). Jar 1 serves as a control with only water. I'm convinced that this is my hair when I don't moisturize after washing. Jar 2 is my L.C.O test; it's what I think my hair strands feel like on wash day after detangling, moisturizing, and sealing. Jar 3 is my L.O.C test; perhaps this is how much moisture (water) my hair could retain by reversing order in which I apply my leave-ins. I'm ever curious to see what happens.Who moisturizes better: LOC or LCO?

28 comments:

I didn't really know the difference until a few weeks ago. I decided to try the LOC method and I have to admit my hair stays moisturized for days. When I was doing the LCO method I had to moisturize and seal every day or every other day. I can't wait to see what happens ;)

I agree that with LCO I was moisturizing and sealing more often but I haven't totally stopped doing it that way. I've gotten in the habit of doing LCOC partially because the LCO is so engrained now. I'm going to just do the LOC after the next wash day and check.

I've stuck primarily to LCO for my tresses because LOC just doesn't seem to make sense to me. But I've seen oodles of reports that LOC works best. I guess that we'll see soon (hopefully...) Ha-ha! Thanks for stopping by!

Hmm ... I haven't tried LCO! I only use the LOC when my hair is air-dried, as any other style would just be weighed down!! I do like the LOC method, though! I will give LCO a try next faux air dry Wash Day.

this experiment looks very interesting and creative! how much cream and oil did you put in each container? can't wait for the results, I can never figure out if the LOC or LCO method works better either.

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